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Main Authors: Turner, Daisy A., Eschen, Yoshi Nike Emilia, Murgas, Felipe, Mortier, Annelies, Wilson, Thomas G, Fernández, Jorge Fernández, Gromek, Nicole, Morello, Giuseppe, Tabernero, Hugo M., Egger, Jo Ann, Vissapragada, Shreyas, Caballero, José A., Dreizler, Stefan, Freckelton, Alix Violet, Hatzes, Artie P., Lakeland, Ben Scott, Nagel, Evangelos, Naponiello, Luca, Vanaverbeke, Siegfried, Venner, Alexander, Osorio, María Rosa Zapatero, Amado, Pedro J., Béjar, Víctor J. S., Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Buchhave, Lars A., Cameron, Andrew Collier, Carleo, Ilaria, Chaturvedi, Priyanka, Cloutier, Ryan, Damasso, Mario, Daspute, Mangesh, Dholakia, Shishir, Dufoer, Sjoerd, Dumusque, Xavier, Fiorenzano, Aldo Fabricio Martinez, Ghedina, Adriano, Harutyunyan, Avet, Herrero, Enrique, John, Ancy Anna, Lillo-Box, Jorge, Lodieu, Nicolas, López-Morales, Mercedes, Malavolta, Luca, Mancini, Luigi, Mantovan, Giacomo, Montes, David, Morales, Juan Carlos, Nicholson, Belinda, Orell-Miquel, Jaume, Palethorpe, Larissa, Palle, Enric, Quirrenbach, Andreas, Reffert, Sabine, Reiners, Ansgar, Ribas, Ignasi, Rice, Ken, Silva, André M., Sozzetti, Alessandro, Stalport, Manu, Tal-Or, Lev, Trifonov, Trifon, Udry, Stéphane, Zechmeister, Mathias
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20564
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author Turner, Daisy A.
Eschen, Yoshi Nike Emilia
Murgas, Felipe
Mortier, Annelies
Wilson, Thomas G
Fernández, Jorge Fernández
Gromek, Nicole
Morello, Giuseppe
Tabernero, Hugo M.
Egger, Jo Ann
Vissapragada, Shreyas
Caballero, José A.
Dreizler, Stefan
Freckelton, Alix Violet
Hatzes, Artie P.
Lakeland, Ben Scott
Nagel, Evangelos
Naponiello, Luca
Vanaverbeke, Siegfried
Venner, Alexander
Osorio, María Rosa Zapatero
Amado, Pedro J.
Béjar, Víctor J. S.
Bonomo, Aldo Stefano
Buchhave, Lars A.
Cameron, Andrew Collier
Carleo, Ilaria
Chaturvedi, Priyanka
Cloutier, Ryan
Damasso, Mario
Daspute, Mangesh
Dholakia, Shishir
Dufoer, Sjoerd
Dumusque, Xavier
Fiorenzano, Aldo Fabricio Martinez
Ghedina, Adriano
Harutyunyan, Avet
Herrero, Enrique
John, Ancy Anna
Lillo-Box, Jorge
Lodieu, Nicolas
López-Morales, Mercedes
Malavolta, Luca
Mancini, Luigi
Mantovan, Giacomo
Montes, David
Morales, Juan Carlos
Nicholson, Belinda
Orell-Miquel, Jaume
Palethorpe, Larissa
Palle, Enric
Quirrenbach, Andreas
Reffert, Sabine
Reiners, Ansgar
Ribas, Ignasi
Rice, Ken
Silva, André M.
Sozzetti, Alessandro
Stalport, Manu
Tal-Or, Lev
Trifonov, Trifon
Udry, Stéphane
Zechmeister, Mathias
author_facet Turner, Daisy A.
Eschen, Yoshi Nike Emilia
Murgas, Felipe
Mortier, Annelies
Wilson, Thomas G
Fernández, Jorge Fernández
Gromek, Nicole
Morello, Giuseppe
Tabernero, Hugo M.
Egger, Jo Ann
Vissapragada, Shreyas
Caballero, José A.
Dreizler, Stefan
Freckelton, Alix Violet
Hatzes, Artie P.
Lakeland, Ben Scott
Nagel, Evangelos
Naponiello, Luca
Vanaverbeke, Siegfried
Venner, Alexander
Osorio, María Rosa Zapatero
Amado, Pedro J.
Béjar, Víctor J. S.
Bonomo, Aldo Stefano
Buchhave, Lars A.
Cameron, Andrew Collier
Carleo, Ilaria
Chaturvedi, Priyanka
Cloutier, Ryan
Damasso, Mario
Daspute, Mangesh
Dholakia, Shishir
Dufoer, Sjoerd
Dumusque, Xavier
Fiorenzano, Aldo Fabricio Martinez
Ghedina, Adriano
Harutyunyan, Avet
Herrero, Enrique
John, Ancy Anna
Lillo-Box, Jorge
Lodieu, Nicolas
López-Morales, Mercedes
Malavolta, Luca
Mancini, Luigi
Mantovan, Giacomo
Montes, David
Morales, Juan Carlos
Nicholson, Belinda
Orell-Miquel, Jaume
Palethorpe, Larissa
Palle, Enric
Quirrenbach, Andreas
Reffert, Sabine
Reiners, Ansgar
Ribas, Ignasi
Rice, Ken
Silva, André M.
Sozzetti, Alessandro
Stalport, Manu
Tal-Or, Lev
Trifonov, Trifon
Udry, Stéphane
Zechmeister, Mathias
contents Small temperate planets are prime targets for exoplanet studies due to their possible similarities with the rocky planets in the Solar System. M dwarfs are promising hosts since the planetary signals are within our current detection capabilities. Gliese 12 b is a Venus-sized temperate planet orbiting a quiet M dwarf. We present here the first precise mass measurement of this small exoplanet. We performed a detailed analysis using HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES radial velocities, along with new and archival \tess, \cheops, and MuSCAT2/3 photometry data. From fitting the available data, we find that the planet has a radius of $R_\mathrm{p} = 0.93\pm0.06 \,\mathrm{R_\oplus}$ and a mass of $M_\mathrm{p} = 0.95^{+0.29}_{-0.30} \,\mathrm{M_\oplus}$ (a $3.2σ$ measurement of the semi-amplitude $K=0.67\pm0.21\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}$), and is on an orbit with a period of $12.761418^{+0.000060}_{-0.000055}\,\mathrm{d}$. A variety of techniques were utilised to attenuate stellar activity signals. Gliese 12 b has an equilibrium temperature of $T_\mathrm{eq}=317 \pm 8\,\mathrm{K}$, assuming an albedo of zero, and a density consistent with that of Earth and Venus ($ρ_\mathrm{p}=6.4\pm2.4\,\mathrm{g\,cm^{-3}}$). We find that Gliese 12 b has a predominantly rocky interior and simulations indicate that it is unlikely to have retained any of its primordial gaseous envelope. The bulk properties of Gliese 12 b place it in an extremely sparsely populated region of both mass--radius and density--$T_\mathrm{eq}$ parameter space, making it a prime target for follow-up observations, including Lyman-$α$ studies.
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spellingShingle The mass of the exo-Venus Gliese 12 b, as revealed by HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES
Turner, Daisy A.
Eschen, Yoshi Nike Emilia
Murgas, Felipe
Mortier, Annelies
Wilson, Thomas G
Fernández, Jorge Fernández
Gromek, Nicole
Morello, Giuseppe
Tabernero, Hugo M.
Egger, Jo Ann
Vissapragada, Shreyas
Caballero, José A.
Dreizler, Stefan
Freckelton, Alix Violet
Hatzes, Artie P.
Lakeland, Ben Scott
Nagel, Evangelos
Naponiello, Luca
Vanaverbeke, Siegfried
Venner, Alexander
Osorio, María Rosa Zapatero
Amado, Pedro J.
Béjar, Víctor J. S.
Bonomo, Aldo Stefano
Buchhave, Lars A.
Cameron, Andrew Collier
Carleo, Ilaria
Chaturvedi, Priyanka
Cloutier, Ryan
Damasso, Mario
Daspute, Mangesh
Dholakia, Shishir
Dufoer, Sjoerd
Dumusque, Xavier
Fiorenzano, Aldo Fabricio Martinez
Ghedina, Adriano
Harutyunyan, Avet
Herrero, Enrique
John, Ancy Anna
Lillo-Box, Jorge
Lodieu, Nicolas
López-Morales, Mercedes
Malavolta, Luca
Mancini, Luigi
Mantovan, Giacomo
Montes, David
Morales, Juan Carlos
Nicholson, Belinda
Orell-Miquel, Jaume
Palethorpe, Larissa
Palle, Enric
Quirrenbach, Andreas
Reffert, Sabine
Reiners, Ansgar
Ribas, Ignasi
Rice, Ken
Silva, André M.
Sozzetti, Alessandro
Stalport, Manu
Tal-Or, Lev
Trifonov, Trifon
Udry, Stéphane
Zechmeister, Mathias
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Small temperate planets are prime targets for exoplanet studies due to their possible similarities with the rocky planets in the Solar System. M dwarfs are promising hosts since the planetary signals are within our current detection capabilities. Gliese 12 b is a Venus-sized temperate planet orbiting a quiet M dwarf. We present here the first precise mass measurement of this small exoplanet. We performed a detailed analysis using HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES radial velocities, along with new and archival \tess, \cheops, and MuSCAT2/3 photometry data. From fitting the available data, we find that the planet has a radius of $R_\mathrm{p} = 0.93\pm0.06 \,\mathrm{R_\oplus}$ and a mass of $M_\mathrm{p} = 0.95^{+0.29}_{-0.30} \,\mathrm{M_\oplus}$ (a $3.2σ$ measurement of the semi-amplitude $K=0.67\pm0.21\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}$), and is on an orbit with a period of $12.761418^{+0.000060}_{-0.000055}\,\mathrm{d}$. A variety of techniques were utilised to attenuate stellar activity signals. Gliese 12 b has an equilibrium temperature of $T_\mathrm{eq}=317 \pm 8\,\mathrm{K}$, assuming an albedo of zero, and a density consistent with that of Earth and Venus ($ρ_\mathrm{p}=6.4\pm2.4\,\mathrm{g\,cm^{-3}}$). We find that Gliese 12 b has a predominantly rocky interior and simulations indicate that it is unlikely to have retained any of its primordial gaseous envelope. The bulk properties of Gliese 12 b place it in an extremely sparsely populated region of both mass--radius and density--$T_\mathrm{eq}$ parameter space, making it a prime target for follow-up observations, including Lyman-$α$ studies.
title The mass of the exo-Venus Gliese 12 b, as revealed by HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20564